call now for a free trial offer of once-a-month actonel. and help reverse bone loss. >>> in just over two hours, sonia sotomayor will be sworn if as newest justice on the u.s. supreme court. judge sotomayor becoming the first latina and only the third woman to sit on the court. joining me live is ellen chapping dean of the social justice program and close friend of sotomayor. any doubt when you heard that she was nominee that we would be where we are today a couple hour as a from her being sworn? >> no, never had any doubts, begin her background, begin qualifications for the job, given her mainstream judicial approach. i couldn't imagine there would be any objection to her. >> okay. the judge becomes just the third woman, the first latina, ever to serve on supreme court. what do you think it is about her that got her to where she is? >> well, first of all, i'd like to say it's been a long time coming that there's only three women and the first hispanic. but i think she's an extraordinary person to be the first person because of her entell a